| rule=[[Second Age 1394|S.A. 1394]]-[[Second Age 1556|1556]] (162 [[Years of the Sun|years]])

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| death=[[Second Age 1574|S.A. 1574]]

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| location=[[Númenor]]

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| age=400 years

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| language=[[Adûnaic]], [[Sindarin]] and [[Quenya]]

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| birth={{SA|1174}}

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| rule={{SA|1394}} - {{SA|1556|n}} (162 years)

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| age=400

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| house=[[House of Elros]]

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| parentage=[[Tar-Anárion]]

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| siblings=Two older sisters

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| children=[[Tar-Telperiën]] and [[Isilmo]]

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| parentage=[[Tar-Anárion]]

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'''Tar-Súrion''' was the ninth [[King of Númenor]]. He was the third child of [[Tar-Anárion]].

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Tar-Súrion was the ninth [[King of Númenor]]. He was the third child of [[Tar-Anárion]], but both his sisters refused the [[Sceptre]] because their grandmother, [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Queen]] [[Tar-Ancalimë]], did not allow them to marry.

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Having ruled for 162 years, at the age of 382 years, he surrendered the Sceptre to his daughter [[Tar-Telperiën|Telperiën]] who become the second [[Ruling Queen of Númenor]] as [[Tar-Telperiën]].

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==History==

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Though each of his elder sisters had a claim on the [[Sceptre of Númenor|Sceptre]] ahead of Súrion, their fear of the old Queen, their grandmother, [[Ruling Queen of Númenor|Queen]] [[Tar-Ancalimë]], meant that each of them refused to become their father's Heir, and so the [[King of Númenor|Kingship of Númenor]] passed eventually to Tar-Súrion.<ref>{{UT|Wife}}</ref>

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The history of [[Tar-Súrion]]'s 162 years reigning years was fated to be dominated by the female side of the royal line. Not only was his inheritance due to the actions of his grandmother and elder sisters, but his own eldest child was a daughter, who would reign in her own right as [[Tar-Telperiën]], Númenor's second Ruling Queen after he gave up the Sceptre at the age of 382 years.<ref>{{UT|Kings}}, Tar-Súrion</ref>

History

Though each of his elder sisters had a claim on the Sceptre ahead of Súrion, their fear of the old Queen, their grandmother, QueenTar-Ancalimë, meant that each of them refused to become their father's Heir, and so the Kingship of Númenor passed eventually to Tar-Súrion.[1]

The history of Tar-Súrion's 162 years reigning years was fated to be dominated by the female side of the royal line. Not only was his inheritance due to the actions of his grandmother and elder sisters, but his own eldest child was a daughter, who would reign in her own right as Tar-Telperiën, Númenor's second Ruling Queen after he gave up the Sceptre at the age of 382 years.[2]